The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
MARCUS AURELIUSLook to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
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Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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